#9FA8EA#9FA8EA

#9FA8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.096 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8EA
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(233, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(233, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 11.88, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 36.13, 289.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.013 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.096 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1479, 41.3153, 83.5272)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8EA #EAE19F

analogous

#9FCEEA #9FA8EA #BC9FEA

triadic

#9FA8EA #EA9FA8 #A8EA9F

tetradic

#9FA8EA #EA9FCE #EAE19F #9FEABC

square

#9FA8EA #EA9FCE #EAE19F #9FEABC

split-complementary

#9FA8EA #EABC9F #CEEA9F

monochromatic

#3B4DD4 #6D7ADF #9FA8EA #D1D6F5 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9FA8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#9FA8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8EA

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8EA	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.096 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1f1',
    500: '#9fa8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8ea;
$custom-light: #bdc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.8,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74916,
    "c": 0.09562,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8EA

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B71ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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